#B5A035#B5A035

#B5A035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A035
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -4.30, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 56.05, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0172 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2710, 35.2240, 8.4666)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A035 #354AB5

analogous

#B56035 #B5A035 #8AB535

triadic

#B5A035 #35B5A0 #A035B5

tetradic

#B5A035 #35B560 #354AB5 #B5358A

square

#B5A035 #35B560 #354AB5 #B5358A

split-complementary

#B5A035 #358AB5 #6035B5

monochromatic

#564C19 #867627 #B5A035 #CEBB59 #DCCE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B5A035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B5A035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A035

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A035	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb73',
    500: '#b5a035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a035;
$custom-light: #cfbb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70479,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A035

secondary

#808BC6

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A035

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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